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[Opinions] Eufemia or Sebastiana
WDYT about two Spanish names.
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I prefer Sebastiana.
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I prefer Eufemia. It's more usable in my native language, and doesn't just feel like a masculine name with an a tacked on.
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Don't really like 'Eu-' in Spanish as much as in English, but it's not bad.
Sebastiana is just one of those masculine names converted to feminine that do not work.
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Don't like either
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I really like Sebastiana on a theoretical level. It's very vibrant and vivacious. On a practical level I think it is possibly a little long in the day to day (I pronounce it with 5 syllables) but if I came across one IRL I would be very intrigued.
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Eufemia is pronounced like ew-FEH-mya. The "ew" part is unattractive to me. It doesn't help that "ew" means "that's gross" in English.
The pronunciation for Sebastiana is not on here, but it might be seh-BAHS-Tya-na which I think is very attractive, in the same vein as Tatiana.
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That's weird, I would not pronounce it like 'ew', I'd say 'eh-oo'. Like my mother's birth name, Eustolia.
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Eustolia is much prettier. Eh-ooh is also an improvement.
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I prefer Eufemia spelled as Euphemia, and I kinda the name Sebastiana tho

This message was edited 3/21/2022, 7:34 PM

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